Jalalaqsi

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Jalalaqsi
Town
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Jalalaqsi
Location in Somalia
Coordinates: 3°24′0″N45°35′0″E / 3.40000°N 45.58333°E / 3.40000; 45.58333
CountryFlag of Somalia.svg  Somalia
State Hirshabeelle.png Hirshabelle
Region Hiiraan
Area
  Total30 km2 (10 sq mi)
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)

Jalalaqsi (Jalalassi) [1] is a town in the south-central Hiran province of Somalia. It is situated on the Shebelle River, between Buuloburde and Jowhar. Jalalaqsi is among a few cities away from the main road of Somalia that connects most of the cities in the nation, the main road passes Jimbiley which is 9km away from Jalalaqsi, yet there is no road that connects from Jimbiley to Jalalaqsi except a rough road to Jalalaqsi.

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Demographics

Jalalaqsi has a population of around 60,800 inhabitants. [2] The broader Jalalaqsi District has a total population of 80,724 residents. The district is populated by the Ibraahim Ciise subclan of Hawadle who also live in bordering Mahaday District in Middle Shabelle [3]

History

In the mid-1988s there were four refugee camps with a population of around 85,000 Somalis in Jalalaqsi. At that time it was the third largest settlement in Somalia after Mogadishu and Hargeisa. [4]

Climate

Climate data for Jalalaqsi
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)35.6
(96.1)
37.0
(98.6)
32.5
(90.5)
37.5
(99.5)
34.8
(94.6)
33.0
(91.4)
32.0
(89.6)
32.7
(90.9)
34.3
(93.7)
34.9
(94.8)
35.4
(95.7)
35.0
(95.0)
34.6
(94.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)22.0
(71.6)
21.9
(71.4)
23.2
(73.8)
23.7
(74.7)
23.2
(73.8)
22.3
(72.1)
21.8
(71.2)
21.6
(70.9)
22.3
(72.1)
22.7
(72.9)
22.5
(72.5)
22.1
(71.8)
22.4
(72.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)2
(0.1)
2
(0.1)
22
(0.9)
77
(3.0)
81
(3.2)
8
(0.3)
15
(0.6)
5
(0.2)
10
(0.4)
81
(3.2)
59
(2.3)
12
(0.5)
374
(14.8)
Source: Climate-Data.org [5]

Notable residents

Notes

  1. "Jalalaqsi". Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. World Gazetteer
  2. "Somalia City & Town Population". Tageo. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  3. "Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft)" (PDF). UNDP. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  4. De Montclos & Kagwanja, Journal of Refugee Studies Vol. 13, No. 2 2000: Refugee Camps or Cities? The Socio-economic Dynamics of the Dadaab and Kakuma Camps in Northern Kenya
  5. "Climate: Jalalaqsi - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

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